Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
13,607 KWD
Pension
- 220 KWD
Social Security
** - 37.50 KWD
Unemployment
- 13.75 KWD
Total tax
- 271 KWD
Net pay
* 13,336 KWD
Marginal tax rate
0.0%
Average tax rate
2.0%
98.0%
Net pay
2.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
13,336 KWD
Net pay
330 KWD
Tax the employer pays
271 KWD
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
601 KWD
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 330 KWD to pay you 13,607 KWD. In other words, every time you spend 10 KWD of your hard-earned money, 0.44 KWD goes to the government.
Real tax rate
4.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 2% tax rate now rises to 4.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 2.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 163,284 KWD a year living in Kuwait, you will be taxed 3,255 KWD. That means that your net pay will be 160,029 KWD per year, or 13,336 KWD per month. Your average tax rate is 2.0% and your marginal tax rate is 0.0%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of 100 KWD in your salary will be taxed 0 KWD, hence, your net pay will only increase by 100 KWD.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 1,000 KWD of net incomes. A 5,000 KWD bonus will generate an extra 5,000 KWD of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
KWD 97575
40.2%
1
Canada
KWD 83056
49.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
KWD 144758
11.4%
1
Brazil
KWD 118553
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
KWD 113082
30.8%
3
Panama
KWD 111033
32.0%
4
Mexico
KWD 107615
34.1%
5
Uruguay
KWD 107548
34.1%
6
Puerto Rico
KWD 107309
34.3%
7
Colombia
KWD 106836
34.6%
8
Argentina
KWD 106132
35.0%
9
Chile
KWD 105457
35.4%
10
Peru
KWD 102430
37.3%
11
Ecuador
KWD 97334
40.4%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
KWD 118842
27.2%
1
Kenya
KWD 114454
29.9%
2
Nigeria
KWD 111104
32.0%
3
Ivory Coast
KWD 111047
32.0%
4
Ghana
KWD 108318
33.7%
5
Mozambique
KWD 106813
34.6%
6
Zambia
KWD 100509
38.5%
7
Cameroon
KWD 99793
38.9%
8
Morocco
KWD 99641
39.0%
9
Senegal
KWD 98321
39.8%
10
South Africa
KWD 92857
43.1%
11
Uganda
KWD 90902
44.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
KWD 160029
2.0%
1
Bahrain
KWD 158911
2.7%
2
Saudi Arabia
KWD 158866
2.7%
3
United Arab Emirates
KWD 155120
5.0%
4
Qatar
KWD 155120
5.0%
5
Oman
KWD 150221
8.0%
6
Egypt
KWD 122548
25.0%
7
Lebanon
KWD 122521
25.0%
8
Turkey
KWD 95157
41.7%
9
Israel
KWD 89156
45.4%
10
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NOTE* Deductions are calculated based on the tables of Kuwait, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.

NOTE** Since January 1st, 2015, employee contributions to Kuwait's social security have increased by 2.5%, for a total of 10.5%. After a certain salary cap, the contribution goes back to 8%.